You can now order 4 at-home covid tests via USPS (link)

[PunkinPi]

Link to tweet

You can now order 4 at-home covid tests from USPS, using this link here:

https://special.usps.com/testkits

You can also order via https://www.covidtests.gov/ (also gives a little more info)

NOTE: The two links are basically the same, but different avenues to order. You are only allowed to order once per address and one order includes 4 tests. (h/t WhiskeyGrinder)

[Yonnie3]

1. we ordered some

easy to do
expected to ship end of the month.

[PunkinPi]

2. Yep same, I tested it out before posting. :) nt

[Yonnie3]

32. Can they ship FEDEX? (Joking)

We still have sporadic mail delivery. Parcels marked as delivered to my mailbox, which is in view as I sit here, but no mail was delivered at all that day. Likely delivered to the wrong address.

Our deliveries are made as late as 9 pm by substitutes that have completed other routes. Our issues predate DeJoy.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Be aware: Both sites are the same program; your household gets only four tests, one way or the

other. Unless there's a way to game it, which there might be. Having two sites is really confusing.

[PunkinPi]

4. Yes, they are the same program. I'll clarify the OP. nt

[luvs2sing]

5. Just ordered ours!

You rock!

[Liberal In Texas]

6. Done.

That was easy.

[captain queeg]

7. Thanks. Will do

[jimfields33]

8. Done! Easy.

Thank you!

[Retired Engineer Bob]

9. That was easy peezy

Thanks for the link PunkinPi

[PunkinPi]

12. You're welcome. nt

[utopian]

10. Just ordered some

Amazingly easy.

[sheshe2]

11. Just ordered.

Thank You, Joe Biden.

[PunkinPi]

14. Yes indeed, thank you POTUS! nt

[WhiteTara]

13. easy and free. Name and address only required

for the test to be sent. Must be valid residential address.

[nature-lover]

15. Thank you for the post!!!

[obamanut2012]

16. Terrific! Thanks so much

I just shared with my colleagues, too.

[underpants]

17. Already ordered and sent this via work email

👍

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. Heads up: There are already reports of some people having difficulties when trying to request tests

for apartment buildings.

[intrepidity]

19. Site won't load for me. Anyone else? nt

[Delmette2.0]

20. Thank you !!!!!!

All done. That was easy.

[Emile]

21. Done, sent this to all my friends and family!

[TomSlick]

22. Thanks.

Easy to order.

[bluestarone]

23. TY! ordered ours!

Easy to do!

[SunSeeker]

24. Done!

[tecelote]

25. Thanks!

[Irish_Dem]

26. Thanks.

Just ordered mine.
Very easy.

[Rebl2]

27. Did about

an hour ago.

[gademocrat7]

28. Just ordered

[George II]

29. Done. Quick and easy. All they ask for is name, address, and email address if you want updates.

Took me less than 30 seconds.

DO IT EVERYONE!

[Totally Tunsie]

30. Updated...

ETA: When I attempted to replace order, site says order is already placed even though it didn't appear to complete.

Confirming e-mail just came through.

Many thanks!

[Yonnie3]

38. No acknowledgment email from USPS?

Site has gotten very busy

Link to tweet

David Lim
@davidalim
Free at-home tests on USPS is constituting nearly half of all government website traffic right now.

[StarryNite]

41. I'm still waiting for my email confirmation.

[Yonnie3]

49. Drat

Hopefully it is in the queue.

[Totally Tunsie]

42. Yes, it finally came through.

It didn't look at first as though order went in due to just the continued buffering, but it wouldn't let me re-try. Then - success! Confirming e-mail came after a few minutes.

[Yonnie3]

48. Great

[UTUSN]

77. Got confirmation in 5 minutes

[Demovictory9]

31. done... thank you

[Hekate]

33. Thank you. It was easy-peasy.

[h2ebits]

34. Thanks a bunch for the information

I ordered mine!

[hlthe2b]

35. Done. Thanks!

[barbtries]

36. thank you, just did order

We'll have several tests now. i paid $17/ea for 2 packs of 2 tests each, so the price for these was really right.

[Tommy Carcetti]

37. Done. nt

[MLAA]

39. Thank you!!!

Just ordered ours.

[oldtime dfl_er]

40. thank you!

ordered!

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

43. Thank you so much... that was easy

[KewlKat]

44. Done and shared link with friends and family

[Jon King]

45. Unfortunately it needs to be 50 tests and keep them coming.

NBA teams literally test 4 times per day and have tested negative before boarding a plane and positive when the plane lands. A study in Britain showed the only way a home testing program is effective is if each family member tests 3-4 times per week and isolates immediately after a positive test.

This is a start, but a drop in the bucket of what is needed.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

47. With such a small number of tests per HOUSEHOLD, I can see people deciding not test until

they think they REALLY need it. The way to get people to test effectively is to give them lots of tests. It's criminal that this hasn't been ramped up already.

[Totally Tunsie]

53. I've read on several sites that the best results are obtained

if you're actually symptomatic. Testing too early - before any symptoms appear - often yields false negatives. Best to wait for that first sniffle or raspy throat.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

55. Sure, but when your family of five has only four tests, you might decide not to test at all when you

once get a sniffle or raspy throat, because it's probably just a cold, and you really have to get to work because you don't have paid sick leave, so.

[Totally Tunsie]

57. Understood. Sounds like you'll have to set up

a lottery within your own family to see who wins a test!

Hopefully, you won't need them at all. Good luck!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

58. Lol wow.

[Fritz Walter]

46. Very helpful! Many thanks!

This past weekend, I got an email about test kits at Costco. After repeatedly -- and unsuccessfully -- trying the web-links to determine if either of the two warehouses here were included, I drove out to one of them yesterday. "No," was the answer I got. And according to the website (not Costco's) they wanted ~$50 for a kit of two tests!

to PunkinPi

[SKKY]

50. Good looking out!!

[gldstwmn]

51. Thanks!

[Ohio Joe]

52. Thank you very much!

Took less than two minutes to complete.

[iluvtennis]

54. Thank you so much!!! Ordered for my mom and myself. n/t

[Totally Tunsie]

56. Once again a DUer comes through for all!

Thanks for the heads up for the early opening.

[peggysue2]

59. Done!

Thanks for that, Punkin. Easy-peasy.

[deminks]

60. TY. That was fast and smooth.

waiting for my confirmation email

Just got my confirmation email. All set.

[48656c6c6f20]

61. Thank you! Just got booster

And realized how much I hate being amongst people now. People are half-assing mask wearing, distancing so what's the point? I will stay in my bunker until I hear the all clear horns Thank you very much.

[Pacifist Patriot]

63. FYI, if you have trouble getting in and are on a VPN, turn it off temporarily?

Maybe it was timing on my part, but when I toggled VPN connection all of a sudden it worked.

[BigmanPigman]

64. Thanks for the reminder!

[fightforfreedom]

65. Thank you.

[GB_RN]

66. Ahh, Good!

The only downside is that it will take six to eight months to actually get them delivered due to Louis DeJoyless' "improvements" in USPS mail delivery.😂

/Snark, for those who weren't sure.

[Deb]

67. You've just help 12 families here!

[GoCubsGo]

68. Thank you!

It took less than a minute to order.

[ananda]

69. Thank you!

I put my order in.

[kacekwl]

70. Done,

Thanks Biden.

[txwhitedove]

71. Done. Thank you so much. Although vaccinated, we had a scare this month.

Granddaughter living with me is server/bartender in restaurant, got very sick and had to search for and make appointment for testing. Thankfully negative, but we kept to different sides of the house while she quarantined herself.

[dchill]

72. Done - thanks!

[BadGimp]

73. Thank You!

eom

[Cha]

74. Mahalo, Pi.. I just texted

that to my sister in Asheville, NC who's pretty sure she has it starting yesterday.. she got it from her granddaughter who has texted positive.

She just texted me back with "thanks"💕

[Emile]

75. +1 K&R

[ancianita]

76. Thank you so much, Punkin!

I'm having out of town, well vaxxed family, one from Australia, so he'll be relieved to have one available before his return.

Again, thanks.

[Grasswire2]

78. big glitch in this. Multi-unit dwellings only apply to first come. The others are stiffed.

Someone else at my address immediately ordered the tests.

I'm shut out.

[niyad]

79. Done! Got my confirmation email as well. Some of the letters cracked me up.